Holder for upholstery spring



Aug. 28, 1956 R. o. FRAZIER HOLDER FOR UPHOLSTERY spams Filed March 23, 1955 United t 2,760,560 HOLDER FOR UPHoLs'rERY' SPRING Roger O. Frazier, Rule, Tex.

Application March 23, 1955, Serial No. 496,252

2 Claims. (Cl. 155179) My invention relates to a holder for upholstery spring, of the type which may be fastened upon the side piece or end piece of a chair or other article of furniture to hold the end of an upholstery spring which has become loose.

It is customary in mounting upholstery on articles of furniture to provide springs which extend from side piece to side piece, or from back piece to front piece under the padding, and to fasten the ends of such springs to the pieces from which they extend. The up holstery cloth which covers the padding is brought down over the outside of the article of furniture and there tacked in place. Should one of these springs work loose at the end from its fastening to one of the pieces of the article of furniture it is ordinarily necessary to untack the outside upholstery cloth so as to give access to the place where the loose end should be tacked back in place. If however the loose end of the upholstery spring can be inserted into a holder to be held thereby and the holder fastened on top of the side piece, front piece or back piece, the uncovering by untacking the upholstery cloth can be dispensed with, and the article of furniture left with the holder fastened temporarily in place. Later, when the repairs are such as would require untacking of the upholstery cloth, the holder can be removed and the loose end of the upholstery spring fastened properly in place.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder for the end of an upholstery spring which may readily be connected to that end, and which may readily be fastened on top of the side piece, front piece or back piece of the article of furniture, and which when so fastened will be out of sight and not interfering with the proper use of the article of furniture.

With these objects in view my invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, herein fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings, which are a part of this specification, and in which like characters indicate like parts:

Fig. l is a side elevation of the back side and top of my holder;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the holder with the end 19 of the upholstery spring attached thereto;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the holder mounted on the structural piece 27;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the holder; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the chair members, upholstery cloth and upholstery spring.

The holder has a flat top plate and a flat back plate 16 at right angles thereto and integral therewith. The back plate 16 has near its bottom end points 24 extending a short distance forward to engage the structural piece 27. The top plate 10 is of such length that the complete holder will fit the structural piece 27. If the structural piece 27 is wider than the holder will accommodate another combination piece of top plate 10 and back plate 16 having the top plate 10 longer can be sub- 2,760,560 Patented Aug. 28, 1956 2- stituted, and similarly a combination piece with a shorter top plate can be substituted if the structural piece 27 is narrower. The top plate 10 has bent up therefrom midway thereofhinge barrels 11 and 12 at each edge of the plate 10 which will receive and hold the end 19 ofthe upholsteryspr-ing. I l p Beyond these barrels 11 and 12 the plate 10 is narrowed to a central tongue which extends flat for the remainder of the width of the structural piece 27 and beyond that width is bent up into a hinge barrel 13 for the latch 17. This latch 17 is a metal plate notched centrally at the top leaving a tongue at each side which is bent up to from the hinge barrel 15. These two hinge barrels 14 and 15 are aligned with the hinge barrel 13 and a hinge pin 18 passed through so that the latch 17 is hinged to swing towards the structural piece 27. The latch 17 extends downward a little further than does the plate 16 and has near its downward end a hole 22 through which is passed a wood screw 23 which is screwed into the structural piece 27 to hold the latch 17 in place.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a chair frame having a leg 28 joined to a side piece 29 and to a front piece 27 with rungs 30 extending parallel to the side piece. This arrangement assumes that the upholstery spring will extend from back piece to front piece, but it can just as well extend from side piece to side piece. The upholstery cloth extends over the seat space of the chair, and down over the side pieces such as 29 and the back piece and the front piece 27 and is fastened to these pieces by tacks 26. Under the seat space of the cloth 25 is the padding 31, and under the padding 31 is a second cloth 32 fastened to the cloth 25.

The upholstery spring I have shown as running under the cloth 32 and the cloth 25, but it can just as well run between the two cloths. It consists of a series of sharp bends 21 with a wide bend 20 next to the transverse end piece 19. This end piece 19 is ordinarily fastened by means such as staples to the top of the structural piece 27. Should it become loose for any reason it cannot be fastened back until the cloth 25 is untacked and turned back enough to give access to the top of the structural piece 27. By using my holder a temporary fastening can be made without untacking the upholstery cloth 25. In doing so the transverse end 19 of the spring is inserted in the hinge barrels 11 and 12 and the latter may be clamped to the end 19 by the use of pliers. Also, if necessary, the end of the spring can be bent with pliers to provide the transverse end 19 to fit the hinge barrels 11 and 12. After so fastening the end 19 to the holder the latter is moved to its place on top of the structural piece 27, the plate 16 may be hit by hammer blows so that the points 24 will engage the structural piece 27, and the latch 17 may be swung to contact the other side of the structural piece 27 and fastened thereto by means of the wood screw 23.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A top plate, a back plate integral with said top plate and at right angles thereto, portions bent up from said top plate to engage and hold an upholstery spring, a latch member hinged to said top plate forward of said bent up portions to be swung into position substan tially parallel to said back plate, said top plate being of such length that it, the back plate and the latch member will fit on three sides of a structural piece of an article of furniture, said. latch member having near its bottom end a hole for a screw, and means passed through said hole for fastening said latch member to said structural piece.

2. A top plate, a back plate integral with said top plate and at right angles thereto having near its bottom end points extending forward parallel to said top plate, portions bent up from said top plate to engage and hold an upholstery spring, a latch member hinged to said top plate forward of said bent up portions to be swung into 5 position substantially parallel to said back plate, said top plate being of such length that it, the back plate and the latch member will fit on three sides of a structural piece of an article of furniture, said latch member having near its bottom end a hole for a screw, and means passed 10 through said hole for fastening said latch member to said structural piece. 1

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